Comments on: Sell your soul (address and phone number) to the devil… http://www.unodemocrats.com/blog/2005/03/19/omaha-world-herald-register/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:48:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Nick http://www.unodemocrats.com/blog/2005/03/19/omaha-world-herald-register/#comment-758 Nick Sun, 20 Mar 2005 06:05:45 +0000 http://www.unodemocrats.com/blog/2005/03/19/omaha-world-herald-register/#comment-758 Maybe i missed something but it doesn't sound like they are handing your information over to anyone, "your information is never disclosed to that company." Granted they will send you spam but its sent by them, most companies that send spam that way don't send you 10 emails or even 1 email a day, it reduces the credibility of that company. The only misleading thing is that both the Postal Adress and Telephone clauses say "if" which implies that giving them that information is optional, but they are marked as required fields, but it's not like it's hard to give them a fake address and phone number. Is this really that big of deal? The New York Times has been free registration for a long time. Is it a slow news day or something? Why is this important? Maybe i missed something but it doesn’t sound like they are handing your information over to anyone, “your information is never disclosed to that company.” Granted they will send you spam but its sent by them, most companies that send spam that way don’t send you 10 emails or even 1 email a day, it reduces the credibility of that company. The only misleading thing is that both the Postal Adress and Telephone clauses say “if” which implies that giving them that information is optional, but they are marked as required fields, but it’s not like it’s hard to give them a fake address and phone number. Is this really that big of deal? The New York Times has been free registration for a long time. Is it a slow news day or something? Why is this important?

]]> By: john http://www.unodemocrats.com/blog/2005/03/19/omaha-world-herald-register/#comment-759 john Sun, 20 Mar 2005 09:37:48 +0000 http://www.unodemocrats.com/blog/2005/03/19/omaha-world-herald-register/#comment-759 It's just sad when a free site changes to a registration free site. It's a smaller jump from free registration to paying registration. It's also just a hassel that thousands of us are going to have to go throuh everytime we want to read the news online. And a slow news day. It’s just sad when a free site changes to a registration free site.

It’s a smaller jump from free registration to paying registration.

It’s also just a hassel that thousands of us are going to have to go throuh everytime we want to read the news online.

And a slow news day.

]]> By: Nathan http://www.unodemocrats.com/blog/2005/03/19/omaha-world-herald-register/#comment-768 Nathan Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:01:43 +0000 http://www.unodemocrats.com/blog/2005/03/19/omaha-world-herald-register/#comment-768 If you don't want to register with the World Herald, then go to http://www.bugmenot.com . They have a bunch of user names and passwords to get by the OWH. If you don’t want to register with the World Herald, then go to http://www.bugmenot.com . They have a bunch of user names and passwords to get by the OWH.

]]> By: Jared http://www.unodemocrats.com/blog/2005/03/19/omaha-world-herald-register/#comment-814 Jared Wed, 23 Mar 2005 06:32:19 +0000 http://www.unodemocrats.com/blog/2005/03/19/omaha-world-herald-register/#comment-814 Um, all i have to say is go to Lexis-Nexis if you need OMW stuff thats a few days old. I've been told that you have to pay to get access to articles over 14 days old or something like that. but you do have to be registered through the UNO library for lexis-nexis, so it might defeat the purpose ;) Um, all i have to say is go to Lexis-Nexis if you need OMW stuff thats a few days old. I’ve been told that you have to pay to get access to articles over 14 days old or something like that. but you do have to be registered through the UNO library for lexis-nexis, so it might defeat the purpose ;)

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